2023 HESI HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM
VERSION 3 COMPLET(1)
, "My life is really out of balance." - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client is reporting chest
pain. What statement made by the client, helps the nurse to understand this client has a
naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
Be open to people who are different
Have a curiosity about people.
Become culturally competent. - CORRECT ANSWERS-2. A nurse is working in a
healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What action(s) by the nurse will
allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this population? (Select all that
apply.)
It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostalspace. - CORRECT ANSWERS-What is the
best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How
should the nurse assess this client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The nurse
is assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should the nurse
place the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-The client is experiencing severe pruritus and small papules and burrows
on areas over one hand and the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the
condition the client is experiencing?
Level of consciousness. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client comes to the clinic with a
report of fever and a recent exposure to someone who was diagnosed with meningitis.
Which nursing assessment should be completed during the initial examination of this
client?
Use of vitamin and iron supplements. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client reports feeling
increasingly fatigued for several months, and the nurse observes that the client's lips
are pale. Which additional data should the nurse collect based on this presentation?
There is no sign of associated infection. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The nurse is
assessing a client who has experienced a sudden onset of hearing loss in the right ear.
Which finding should alert the nurse to a potentially serious medical condition that
requires further evaluation?
VERSION 3 COMPLET(1)
, "My life is really out of balance." - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client is reporting chest
pain. What statement made by the client, helps the nurse to understand this client has a
naturalistic belief in the cause of illness?
Be open to people who are different
Have a curiosity about people.
Become culturally competent. - CORRECT ANSWERS-2. A nurse is working in a
healthcare facility that serves a diverse population. What action(s) by the nurse will
allow the nurse to empathize with and understand this population? (Select all that
apply.)
It must be enlarged at least three times normal size for it to be palpable. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Which statement is accurate about assessing the spleen?
Posterior chest below the 3rd intercostalspace. - CORRECT ANSWERS-What is the
best place for the nurse to hear lower lobe lung sounds with a stethoscope?
Place the bell on the 5th intercostal space, left midclavicular line. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-The nurse is assessing a client who has a history of mitral stenosis. How
should the nurse assess this client with a stethoscope to listen for this condition?
2nd intercostal space along the right sternal border. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The nurse
is assessing a client who has a history of aortic regurgitation. Where should the nurse
place the stethoscope diaphragm to listen for this condition?
The client works in a daycare setting that has had a scabies outbreak. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-The client is experiencing severe pruritus and small papules and burrows
on areas over one hand and the inner thighs. Which assessment data best explains the
condition the client is experiencing?
Level of consciousness. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client comes to the clinic with a
report of fever and a recent exposure to someone who was diagnosed with meningitis.
Which nursing assessment should be completed during the initial examination of this
client?
Use of vitamin and iron supplements. - CORRECT ANSWERS-A client reports feeling
increasingly fatigued for several months, and the nurse observes that the client's lips
are pale. Which additional data should the nurse collect based on this presentation?
There is no sign of associated infection. - CORRECT ANSWERS-The nurse is
assessing a client who has experienced a sudden onset of hearing loss in the right ear.
Which finding should alert the nurse to a potentially serious medical condition that
requires further evaluation?
